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National Caribbean American Heritage Month

The month of June was officially declared Caribbean American Heritage Month by President George Bush on June 6, 2006. This was the culmination of almost seven years of work by Caribbean American community organization Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS). ICS first began this journey in 1999, while working with the Clinton White House Office of African American outreach to organize the first event Caribbean community briefing by the White House. This was organized by Jena Roscoe who was then serving as Director of African American Outreach for the Clinton White House. At that time Jamaican American educator Audrey Hutchinson was among the Caribbean Americans working in the Clinton Administration.